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Description: | Cardinal Francesco Barberini commissioned many works from Pietro da Cortona, the pre-eminent painter of the Roman Baroque. Laban Seeking his Idols hung together with its pendant, the Marriage of Jacob and Rachel (Louvre), at the Palazzo Barberini, Rome. According to Genesis, Jacob served his uncle Laban to win in marriage his cousins Leah and Rachel. When Jacob and his wives departed for Canaan, Rachel stole her father's idols. Laban pursued them, and here searches through one of the chests for the idols while Jacob holds open the lid. Rachel is sitting on the camel's saddle where the idols are actually hidden. | Subjects: | Old Testament Jacob religion (idol Rachel Genesis); animal (camel); figure Leah Laban | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cortona, Pietro da (Italian draftsman and painter, 1596-1669) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8881... | Go to resource |
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